Manuel Cedeño (Cardonal,
Aragua state, Venezuela, 6 May 1780 -
Battle of Carabobo
The Battle of Carabobo, on 24 June 1821, was fought between independence fighters, led by Venezuelan General Simón Bolívar, and the Royalist forces, led by Spanish Field Marshal Miguel de la Torre. Bolívar's decisive victory at Carabobo led ...
, Venezuela, 24 June 1821) was an officer of the Venezuelan Patriot army who reached the position of Division General, who distinguished himself in the
Venezuelan War of Independence
The Venezuelan War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de Venezuela, links=no, 1810–1823) was one of the Spanish American wars of independence of the early nineteenth century, when independence movements in Latin America fought agai ...
.
Biography
He was the youngest of the two children of the peasants Manuel Antonio Cedeño and Juana Hernández.
In 1810, he joined the Patriot troops fighting against the Spanish Royalist troops, participating in almost all the battles that occurred in Venezuela between 1813 and 1817.
With
José Francisco Bermúdez he
took the city of Angostura, evacuated by the Royalists after a long siege on 7 July 1817. By order of Simón Bolívar, he arrested dissident General
Manuel Piar in Aragua de Maturín and transferred him to Angostura to be tried by a military court and executed.
In 1818 he accompanied Bolívar in the Central Campaign, winning the Battle of Calabozo (12 February), but suffering defeat at Laguna de los Patos (20 May).
He was a deputy of the
Congress of Angostura between 15 February 1819 and 31 July 1821.
As a general, he led the II Division of the Army in the
Battle of Carabobo
The Battle of Carabobo, on 24 June 1821, was fought between independence fighters, led by Venezuelan General Simón Bolívar, and the Royalist forces, led by Spanish Field Marshal Miguel de la Torre. Bolívar's decisive victory at Carabobo led ...
(24 June 1821).
After the battle was won, Cedeño wanted to stop the retreat of the Royalist Valencey Battalion, but was hit by a bullet and died that same day.
Since 16 December 1942, his remains rest in the
National Pantheon of Venezuela.
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1780 births
1821 deaths
People of the Venezuelan War of Independence
Venezuelan soldiers
Venezuelan revolutionaries
Burials at the National Pantheon of Venezuela
People from Aragua